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Santa Barbara County firefighters pull man from wreckage after head-on crash

January 5, 2011

The accident occurred on the 5300 block of Shoreline Drive, near Patterson Ave. The two vehicles crashed into each other about 2 p.m., according to the fire department, sending an SUV skidding off the road and into a drainage ditch. The man suffered moderate injuries. It took firefighters 50 minutes to pull the man from [...]

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2 hurt when crash clogged freeway at Lake Forest

September 22, 2010

LAKE FOREST – Two people were injured after a crash on the Lake Forest Drive off-ramp to the northbound 5 freeway 5, jamming westbound traffic to Lake Forest Drive. The crash, involving a Toyota Sienna and a Chrysler 300, was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 10:22 a.m. The Sienna overturned on Lake Forest [...]

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6 dead in Highway 99 bus crash in Fresno

July 23, 2010

Six people are dead and three are hospitalized in serious condition after a pre-dawn crash early this morning involving a Greyhound bus and two vehicles on Highway 99 in Fresno. The driver of the Greyhound bus, which had just left the Fresno Greyhound terminal en route to Madera, died. A male and female bus passenger [...]

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Alcohol-Related High Speed Crash Kills 1, Injures 5 Other People

July 14, 2010

LA PUENTE — High speed and alcohol played a part in the cause of horrific high speed crash Tuesday evening that left at least one person dead and 5 other people badly injured in east Los Angeles County. The accident happened just around 7:00 P.M. on East Valley Blvd, a narrow, two lane road between [...]

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Big-rig crash in South L.A. delays Metro Blue Line

June 19, 2010

The Metro Blue Line tracks in South Los Angeles were temporarily blocked Friday morning while firefighters rescued a woman trapped in a car that collided with a big rig. Her condition was unknown. The accident occurred about 7 a.m. at 48th Place and Long Beach Avenue, said Shawn Lenske of the Los Angeles Fire Department. [...]

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1 hurt when trash truck, Nissan crash

March 3, 2010

GARDEN GROVE – A crash between a Disposal Service trash truck and a black Nissan Altima shut down the Haster Street off-ramp, according to police. The crash occurred at 9:32 a.m. at the intersection of Haster Street at Lampson Avenue. The driver of the Altima was taken to UCI Medical Center. A 1 year-old child [...]

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3 hospitalized after multivehicle crash

February 25, 2010

NEWPORT BEACH – Three people were sent to the hospital after a multivehicle crash on Von Karman Avenue and Campus Drive, according to fire authorities. The Orange County Fire Authority and Newport firefighters were on scene after the crash was reported at 8:16 a.m. Newport Beach and Irvine police also responded. Two were taken to [...]

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Metro IDs Woman Who Died In Fremont Crash

January 27, 2010

LAS VEGAS — Metro police have identified the woman who was killed after her truck crashed into a stage at Fremont Street on Tuesday. Police said Sara Dominguez, 79, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision. They said she was driving a 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck at 2:24 p.m. when the [...]

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Vaca man OK after crash

January 6, 2010

Fairfield firefighters and Medic Ambulance crews moved an unidentified 22-year-old Vacaville man to an ambulance Tuesday following a vehicle accident. Police said that, shortly after 10:30 a.m., the driver was headed north on Solano Foothills Drive when his 1987 Toyota pickup drifted off the road, knocked down a tree and privacy fence, and then crashed [...]

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Nine injured in S.F. Muni bus crash

January 5, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO — Several people were injured early this morning in a crash involving a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus, a fire lieutenant said. Firefighters responded to reports of a Muni bus crashed near 18th and De Haro streets just after midnight, San Francisco fire Lt. Ken Smith said. An inbound Polk-19 bus apparently collided [...]

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